(03-01-2024, 01:09 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(03-01-2024, 12:27 PM)mikesez Wrote: That doesn't mean you don't give him the second contract.
That means you lower the offer in terms of dollars and years.

It depends. Baalke has drafted a RB now two years in a row. Hear me now, believe me later. I bet that bastard drafts another RB in RD4 or RD5 at the minimum. 

I don't think Etienne will be here for much longer. I could see Baalke trying to trade him over to a team to get some decent value picks in return. Maybe a 2nd or 3rd RD pick.

He had a history of this in SF I think.  It's smart business if you don't plan on signing a star RB to a 2nd contract (and generally why would you), so it wouldn't bother me in the least if its round 5 or later.  Just have a flow of fresh legs coming into the position room each year.  Keeps starters motivated and maybe you find someone cheap to step right in when it's time to put the old horse out to pasture.

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